# Portland Advisers

> Independent financial advisory boutique — project finance across renewables, infrastructure, energy, mining, telecoms and sports stadia. Founded 2008, London-headquartered. $100bn+ advised across 140+ mandates in 48 countries.

Portland Advisers is an independent, senior-led financial advisory boutique headquartered in London, founded in 2008 by three senior project-finance bankers. The firm advises sponsors, lenders, export credit agencies (ECAs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) on the structuring, negotiation and delivery of complex project financings. Portland does not lend, does not underwrite, and does not sell products — every mandate is led personally by a senior partner and every recommendation is shaped only by what is right for the transaction. The firm is regularly mandated on both sides of the same asset class, giving it a rare cross-perspective on how deals actually close.

## About

- [About Portland](https://portlandadvisers.com/about/): Founding story (Nick, Geoff and Frauke, 2008), operating principles (senior-led, independent, integrated, market intelligence), timeline of marker mandates and closing manifesto on why boutique-level independent advice matters more after the global financial crisis.
- [Team](https://portlandadvisers.com/team/): Senior partners with backgrounds at HSBC, KPMG, Macquarie, Standard Bank, IFC, Chase Manhattan and export credit agencies. Every mandate is led personally by a partner.
- [Contact](https://portlandadvisers.com/contact/): 17th Floor, 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY. UK +44 (0)20 7183 8385, US +1 202 888 3131, info@portlandadvisers.com. Enquiry form supports sponsor, lender, media, careers and general routes.

## Sectors

Portland advises across six specialist project-finance sectors. Every sector page carries a detailed overview, sub-sector list and related case studies.

- [Renewables & Energy Transition](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/renewables-energy-transition/): Onshore and offshore wind, utility-scale solar, geothermal, landfill gas, biomass, waste-to-energy, biofuels, lithium and green hydrogen. Sample mandate: Vulcan Energy (Germany, 2025, ECA adviser to SACE and BPIfrance).
- [Infrastructure](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/infrastructure/): Social infrastructure, waste & water, roads & motorways, rail & transit, bridges & tunnels, schools & universities, hospitals & healthcare, urban regeneration. PPPs, concessions and availability-based structures across Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
- [Energy](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/energy/): Conventional power, upstream oil & gas, midstream infrastructure, downstream refining, LNG & gas processing, petrochemicals. Sample mandates: Yamal LNG (2016), Arctic LNG 2 (2021), Coral South FLNG (2017, first floating LNG project financed).
- [Mining](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/mining/): Base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals, mining infrastructure, smelting & refining. Multi-sourced ECA-backed structures across Africa, the Americas, Central Asia and Australia. Sample mandates: Wa'ad Al Shamal (Saudi Arabia, 2014), Roy Hill (Australia, 2014), Stibnite Gold Mine (Idaho, expected 2026).
- [Telecoms](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/telecoms/): Fixed broadband & fibre, wireless & mobile towers, cable infrastructure, satellite systems, data centres. Sample mandate: Seabras-1 subsea cable (2016, first ECA-backed project financing of a subsea cable).
- [Sports Stadia](https://portlandadvisers.com/sectors/sports-stadia/): Outdoor stadia, indoor arenas, multi-purpose event facilities, national stadiums, ancillary development. Covers greenfield, refis, naming-rights monetisation and precinct schemes.

## Case studies (selected mandates)

Landmark project financings Portland has led or advised, ordered by year of expected or actual financial close.

- [Stibnite Gold Mine](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/stibnite-gold-mine/): US$2.7bn — Financial Advisor to US EXIM on the limited-recourse senior debt financing for the Stibnite Gold mine in Idaho. Expected financial close Q3 2026.
- [Multi-Purpose Industrial Platform](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/multi-purpose-industrial-platform/): c. US$1bn — Financial Advisor to OCP and Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority on an integrated ammonia and fertiliser plant benefiting Nigeria and Morocco.
- [Reko Diq Mining Company](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/reko-diq-mining-company/): US$3.5bn — Financial Advisor to US EXIM on Phase 1 of the Reko Diq copper and gold mine in Pakistan.
- [Vulcan Energy Resources](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/vulcan-energy-resources/): US$1.1bn — ECA Advisor to Bpifrance, SACE and EIFO on the zero-carbon lithium and geothermal energy project in Germany. Winner PFI 2025 European Transition Deal of the Year.
- [Mazoon Mining](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/mazoon-mining/): US$550m — Co-Financial Advisor to Minerals Development Oman on a greenfield copper and gold mining project in northern Oman.
- [Unique Meghnaghat Power](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/unique-meghnaghat-power/): US$613m — Financial Advisor to SERV on a 588MW CCGT power project in Bangladesh.
- [Arctic LNG 2](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/arctic-lng-2/): US$29bn — Financial Advisor to the international ECA group on a three-train LNG project in Northern Russia.
- [Coral South FLNG](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/coral-south-flng/): US$8.6bn — Financial Advisor to the Pathfinder lender group on the first floating LNG project ever project-financed, off the coast of Mozambique. Winner PFI Africa Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2017.
- [Yamal LNG](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/yamal-lng/): US$34bn — Financial Advisor to the international ECA group on three-train LNG project in Northern Russia.
- [Offshore Cape Three Points](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/offshore-cape-three-points/): US$451m — Financial Advisor to UK Export Finance on the Sankofa gas project offshore Ghana. Winner PFI Africa Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 2016.
- [Seabras-1](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/seabras-1/): US$520m — Financial Advisor to Seaborn Networks on the first ECA-backed subsea-cable project financing in the 160-year history of global telecommunications.
- [Wa'ad Al Shamal](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/waad-al-shamal/): US$10bn — Financial Advisor on the Saudi Arabian phosphate mine and fertiliser complex.
- [Roy Hill](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/roy-hill/): US$12.1bn — Financial Advisor to US EXIM on the Roy Hill greenfield iron ore mine in Australia.
- [Reficar Refinery](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/reficar-refinery/): US$5.7bn — Financial Advisor to US-EXIM on the Reficar oil refinery expansion in Colombia sponsored by Ecopetrol.
- [Barka 3 / Sohar 2](https://portlandadvisers.com/case-study/barka-3-sohar-2/): US$1.35bn — Financial Advisor to GDF Suez (now Engie) on two 750MW gas-fired CCGT IPPs in the Sultanate of Oman.

## News & insights

- [News listing](https://portlandadvisers.com/news/): Deal announcements, market commentary and speaking appearances from the partners. Filter by category (Awards, Conference Speaking, Energy, Financing, Infrastructure, Latest News, Nuclear, Telecommunications) or search.

## What Portland is (and isn't)

- **Is:** an independent boutique of ~20 senior project-finance bankers, headquartered in London, active globally, mandated on both sides of the table (sponsors and lenders on the same asset class), senior-led on every mandate from day one.
- **Isn't:** a lender, a broker, an underwriter, or a placement agent. Portland has no balance sheet and no product to cross-sell. Advice is unconflicted by design.

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